MALVERN Theatre Players are holding auditions for its next production The Darling Buds of May next week.

The play, to be staged in October, is an adaptation of H E Bates's enduring comic novel of rural life, which has delighted millions since it first appeared in 1957.

Auditions will be held on Tuesday, June 25, and Thursday, June 27, for young people at 7pm and adults at 8pm, in Theatre House, Grange Road (next to the Citizens Advice Bureau).

The play has ten adult characters and five parts for young people aged nine to 17.